Thursday, December 31, 2009
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Cape Town - A 20-year-old Somali man was stabbed to death in a robbery at his shop in Delft in Cape Town, police said on Thursday.Captain Joe Wilson said a man went to the shop on Kunene street under the pretence of using the pay phone at around 13:45 on Wednesday.
"He then insisted that the shopkeeper open the door and assist him. When the shopkeeper opened the door the suspect attacked him by stabbing him with a sharp object in the left side of his chest," said Wilson.
Six other men joined him in ransacking the shop and ran away with an undisclosed amount of cellphone airtime and cigarettes.
Wilson said two assistants in the shop were unharmed.
"Within an hour and with the assistance of witnesses, police arrested four of the suspects, aged 22, 23, 24 and 38, in the vicinity," he said.
The men would appear in the Bellville Magistrate's Court on January 4 on charges of robbery and murder.
Wilson urged anyone with information to contact Captain Johhny Wiid at Delft police on 021 954 9000.
Source: Sapa